quick scope question

[1172948251]

I want to maintain my $version variable in a single place
within the script and I want it available in a BEGIN block
that is a different package from the rest of the script. Is
this possible? Here's what I mean:

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#!/usr/bin/perl

BEGIN {
package Some:ackage;
my $version = '1';
print "version is $version\n";
}

my $version = $Some:ackage::version;
print ("version is $version\n"); # not initialized ???

 

[Mumia W.]

I want to maintain my $version variable in a single place
within the script and I want it available in a BEGIN block
that is a different package from the rest of the script. Is
this possible? Here's what I mean:

---------------

#!/usr/bin/perl

BEGIN {
package Some:ackage;
my $version = '1';

Use "our" instead:

our $version = '1';

print "version is $version\n";
}

my $version = $Some:ackage::version;
print ("version is $version\n"); # not initialized ???

When you want a variable to be package scoped, use "our":

perldoc -f our

 

[1172948251]

Use "our" instead:

our $version = '1';



When you want a variable to be package scoped, use "our":

perldoc -f our

Using "our" works perfectly... Thanks!

 

[Tad McClellan]

I want to maintain my $version variable in a single place
within the script and I want it available in a BEGIN block
that is a different package from the rest of the script. Is
this possible? Here's what I mean:

---------------

#!/usr/bin/perl

BEGIN {
package Some:ackage;
my $version = '1';

^^
^^

See:

"Coping with Scoping":

http://perl.plover.com/FAQs/Namespaces.html